Sven Alskog Sports Editor A four-year starter on the pitch for Idaho State soccer, senior goalkeeper Sheridan Hapsic looks to finish the 2015 season strong as the Bengals enter the heart of the Big Sky schedule. While the season has not started the way ISU would have hoped in regards […]
Sports
All about sports at Idaho State University. We include stories about our traditional university sponsored sports like Football, Basketball, Soccer, Baseball and Volleyball as well as the independent club sports like Rugby, Archery and Judo.
Sven Alskog Sports Editor Any team can have playmakers, but if those stars don’t have anybody to set them up, the success won’t come. For the Idaho State volleyball team, Hayley Farrer is quietly one of the most important players on the floor, giving high quality attackers such as reigning […]
Jerry Miller Bengal Adviser There was hardly a fan of ISU football that knew who Jakori Ford was until the fifth game of the 2014 season with Simon Fraser. Ford came in after Xavier Finney and Danny McSurdy had carried the ball for 122 and 40 yards respectively. After Ford […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor After never playing volleyball competitively together at any level, the Lyman sisters of Idaho State have taken the floor this season for the Bengals as they look to contend for a conference championship. Tressa is the reigning Big Sky MVP, an honor she earned after helping […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor The beauty of sport is the unpredictability each day brings. This past Friday and Saturday I witnessed three football games for the majority of the action, with a combined final score of 173-27 once the action was complete. While these games are obviously not going to […]
Jerry Miller Bengal Adviser It may seem unusual to compare the game of football to boxing, but that’s what we’ll do in this two part feature of the running backs, zeroing in on two guys who make up a potentially deadly combination for Idaho State University whenever the Bengals take […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor After an 8-6 mark against high quality competition in non-conference play, the Idaho State Bengals began Big Sky action with straight set sweeps of Montana State and Weber State last week. In the conference opener in Bozeman against the Bobcats, ISU utilized the talents of reigning […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor With Idaho State University already boasting some of the top club teams in the region, first year pharmacy graduate student Hayden Shuster is looking to bring lacrosse to the university as well. To become a full-fledged club at ISU, lacrosse has to have at least 12 […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor Amidst the sea of blue and orange at the Smurf Turf at Albertsons Stadium, it was obvious the difference for a Boise State team with 85 scholarships, compared to 63 for Idaho State. The extra scholarships allow teams out of the FBS like the Broncos to […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor After a summer playing for team Mexico in both the World Cup and the Pan-American Games, Maria Sanchez returns to Idaho State for her sophomore campaign with lofty expectations for herself and the rest of the Bengals on the pitch. If early season success is an […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor Some of the best collegiate rodeo athletes in the country will head to the Bannock County Fairgrounds from Sept. 17-19 beginning with the Regional Rodeo on Thursday and the Bengal Rodeo on Friday and Saturday hosted by the Idaho State University Rodeo team. For those who […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor With a game already in the rearview mirror for the Idaho State football team, the Bengals head into Big Sky Conference play on Saturday hosting the Portland State Vikings. After a record-setting performance in a 55-0 drubbing of Black Hills State, Head Coach Mike Kramer will […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor To say it was a good week for Bengal Volleyball would be a bit of an understatement after five straight victories in which the unit allowed just one set win for opponents. Straight-set wins over Cal State Northridge in Salt Lake, Utah Valley at home, as […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor In what will be the only home meet of the season, the Idaho State men’s and women’s cross country teams hosted Southern Utah and Westminster last Friday at Centennial Course. On the women’s side, ISU took the meet led by a strong showing from senior Katie […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor One year after going 15-1 in Big Sky Conference action to claim the regular season title, Bengal volleyball heads into the 2015 campaign with new head coach Rick Reynolds expecting much of the same success this time around. The new head man was previously at Western […]